Tatting shuttle



A. G. HOLMGREN.

TATTING SHUTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3. 1922.

1,432,184h Patented Oct. 117, 219922,

Patented @ct. l7, i922.

ARTHUR G. HOLIVIG-REN', OF BUDDEL-L, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

TATTING Application filed April 3,

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ARTHUR G. HOLM- GREN, a citizen of United States of America, residing at Ruddell, in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada. have invented new and useful Tatting Shuttle, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to tatting shuttles, used for making certain kinds of lace, and the object is to provide a light, durable and efficient device of such construction that thread is easily and quickly wound upon its spool.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side View of my improved shuttle.

Fig. 2 is an edge view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is Fig. 1 with the upper body member removed to expose the working parts.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section on line il in Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a section on line 55 in Fig. 2 and illustrating also the method of securing the thread to the spool.

Fig. 6 is a sectional View on line 6-6 in Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals 7, '7 are the usual double-ended, arched members of a tatting shuttle. held in proper spaced and longitudinal relation by a preferably hollow pin 8 on which rotatably mounted a spool 9 upon which to wind thread 10 for tatting pu poses.

On the inside surface of one of the members 7, 7, preferably on 7 as shown, and near the flange of spool 9 I secure as at 11, by soldering or other suitable means, one end of a curved spring member 12, which contacts with the flange oi the spool and has its outer end. curved up (see Fig. 3) slightly above the outline of the member 7 to afford a finger nail hold to spring it back out of contact with the spool flange when so desired. The pressure of spring 11 against the flange prevents accidental or too rapid unwinding of the thread.

Member 7 has the usual extended picking hook or point 7*, common to all tatting shut ties; and between said point and the spool I provide an eyelet 13, as in Fig. 5, or as a modification the eyelet may be struck up from the metal in member 7 as illustrated at 13 in Fig. 3, to guide the thread toward the point 7 when the shuttle is in use.

1922. Serial No. 549,243.

To secure the end of the thread 10 on the spool of my device before winding thereon a supply or it I pr vice two small inwardly directed pins 1% spaced slightly away from the hub 9 (see Figs. 6% and 5) so that the thread is merely pressed in between the pins i l and the hub and is thereby friction ally held. Before securing the end at thread 10 on the spool, as above described, it is first passed through the eyelet 13.

In my device the flanges of the spool 9 are sli. l Lly la than the width of the body members 1 leaving the spool partly :rposed as best shown at 9" in Fig. 4c, and after the thread has been secured to the spool, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, the spring 12 may be held back to position 12 (Fig. 3) out of contact with the spool and the operator winds thread on the spool by turning the latter in direction of arrow 15 (Fig. 3), by bringing his hand or finger in contact with the GXDOSGCl flange, opposite from the side where the spring is located and pushing in that direction.

Nhen enough thread has been wound on the spool, the operator merely releases the spring 12 which instantly springs back against the flange and remains in contact with it. T he pressure of the spring is light enough to readily permit the thread to be unwound during the tatting process.

Having thus described my invention what i claim is:

In a tatting shuttle, two longitudinally arched body members, pointed and, closed together at both ends, a transverse shaft holding said members in fixed longitudinal relation, a spool rotatably mounted on said shaft and adapted to receive thread, means i'rictionally securing the end 01'? the thread to said spool, means for retarding the rotation oi the spool when the thread is being unwound therefrom and means on one of said body members "for guiding the thread from the spool toward one point of the shuttle, said thread holding means on the spool comprising a number of spaced studs, circularly arranged in transverse relation to the plane of the flanges of the spool and secured in one of said flanges in spaced relation to the outer surface of the hub.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

ARTHUR G. HOLMGREN. 

